Filed under: Patches, Tricks, How-tos, Bugs

Apparently, the new patch has been having some problems under Windows Vista. Based on the description of the symptoms, I imagine that would be the same for other patches, so many of you may know that fix already. But next, some of you may have just upgraded to Vista. Anyway, here’s the problem: the patch downloads OK, but the patcher fails to run correctly. According to Growl at Gitr’s blog, that is considering of permissions; the “normal” user on Vista doesn’t have admin permissions, and therefore can’t do things like run patchers.

Fortunately, Growl has an easy solution. Just right-click the WoW icon and choose “Run as administrator” (as depicted); log in and WoW will spawn the patch download, which will inherit its administrator privileges and, in turn, spin off the patcher, plus running with admin privileges. Safety is good, Microsoft, but Vista might be a little too safe for its own good. Couldn’t we at least have an watchful asking us whether we wanted to authorize the patcher?

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Original post by Eliah Hecht